@RSA_Observer

History, geopolitics, social issues. Peels apples with scalpels. Quiet civil conversations. Mostly somewhere in the moderate middle. Aspie. Mute button user.

Joined August 2011
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Some thoughts on the situation in Ukraine

[This is a republication of an article I wrote on 10 January 2022] The situation in relation to Ukraine is complex and nuanced. Reams have already been written about it and many more will be written …

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An excerpt from the Forrestal diaries (1)

There is some historical evidence to the effect that Britain did not want to go to war with Germany over Poland but was pushed into it by the United States. Here's a brief look at it.

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The very real limitations of European NATO: how many troops can it actually field?

There's been a lot of commentary about General Cavoli's statement* to Congress, usually with reference to the Politico article, and especially the fact that Russia's military is 15% bigger than it was…

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